Ecclesiastes 7:25

I directed my mind to understand, to explore, to search out wisdom and explanations, and to understand the stupidity of wickedness and the folly of madness.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
I applied mine heart to know, and to search, and to seek out wisdom, and the reason of things, and to know the wickedness of folly, even of foolishness and madness:

Note I applied…: Heb. I and mine heart compassed

KJV · King James Version
I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.
WEB · World English Bible
I turned about, and my heart was set to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the reason of things, and to know that wickedness is folly, and that foolishness is madness.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I applied mine heart
Heb. I and my heart compassed.
Ecclesiastes 1:13–17; Ecclesiastes 2:1–3, 12, 20
the reason
Ecclesiastes 7:27; Ecclesiastes 2:15; Ecclesiastes 3:16, 17; Ecclesiastes 9:1, 2; Jeremiah 12:1, 2; 2 Peter 2:3–9; 2 Peter 3:3–9
know
Ecclesiastes 9:3; Ecclesiastes 10:13; Genesis 34:7; Joshua 7:13; 2 Samuel 13:12; Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 26:11